Breeding to meet farmers` needs
This paper describes two techniques used in Rwanda for integrating farmer expertise into bean varietal development. Standard farmer evaluation of on-farm trials can help: 1) indicate how varieties perform under farmer conditions; 2) better identify criteria critical to farmers; 3) target varieties t...
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Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC)
1989
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| author | Sperling, L. |
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| description | This paper describes two techniques used in Rwanda for integrating farmer expertise into bean varietal development. Standard farmer evaluation of on-farm trials can help: 1) indicate how varieties perform under farmer conditions; 2) better identify criteria critical to farmers; 3) target varieties to agronomic regions; 4) target varieties to socio-economic groups of farmers; and 5) lead to the improvement or fine-tuning of varieties. A second, novel evaluation procedure, farmer evaluation of on-station trials, has the following further advantages; 1) integration of farmer criteria into the breeding process at an earlier stage; 2) promotion of a close breeder/farmer collaboration; and 3) enhancement of farmer influence in technology/varietal development. Both techniques are described in detail: the evaluation formats, the process, specific findings and future implications. Such methods for melding farmer and breeding expertise are neither arduous nor time-consuming; they can be integrated, at little monetary cost, into an on-going farmer-oriented research program. (AS) |
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| spelling | CGSpace559452024-01-09T09:48:46Z Breeding to meet farmers` needs Sperling, L. phaseolus vulgaris plant breeding cultivars innovation adoption selection on-farm research questionnaires fitomejoramiento variedades adopción de innovaciones selección investigación en la finca cuestionarios ruanda This paper describes two techniques used in Rwanda for integrating farmer expertise into bean varietal development. Standard farmer evaluation of on-farm trials can help: 1) indicate how varieties perform under farmer conditions; 2) better identify criteria critical to farmers; 3) target varieties to agronomic regions; 4) target varieties to socio-economic groups of farmers; and 5) lead to the improvement or fine-tuning of varieties. A second, novel evaluation procedure, farmer evaluation of on-station trials, has the following further advantages; 1) integration of farmer criteria into the breeding process at an earlier stage; 2) promotion of a close breeder/farmer collaboration; and 3) enhancement of farmer influence in technology/varietal development. Both techniques are described in detail: the evaluation formats, the process, specific findings and future implications. Such methods for melding farmer and breeding expertise are neither arduous nor time-consuming; they can be integrated, at little monetary cost, into an on-going farmer-oriented research program. (AS) 1989 2015-01-28T14:22:00Z 2015-01-28T14:22:00Z Conference Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55945 en Open Access Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Regional Programme on Beans in Southern Africa Sperling, L. 1989. Breeding to meet farmers` needs. In: Smithson, J.B. (ed.). Workshop on Bean Varietal Improvement in Africa (1989, Maseru, Lesotho). Proceedings. Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC); Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Regional Programme on Beans in Southern Africa, Arusha, TZ. p. 90-105. (CIAT African workshop series no. 4) |
| spellingShingle | phaseolus vulgaris plant breeding cultivars innovation adoption selection on-farm research questionnaires fitomejoramiento variedades adopción de innovaciones selección investigación en la finca cuestionarios ruanda Sperling, L. Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title | Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title_full | Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title_fullStr | Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title_full_unstemmed | Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title_short | Breeding to meet farmers` needs |
| title_sort | breeding to meet farmers needs |
| topic | phaseolus vulgaris plant breeding cultivars innovation adoption selection on-farm research questionnaires fitomejoramiento variedades adopción de innovaciones selección investigación en la finca cuestionarios ruanda |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/55945 |
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